WN978Southwest Airlines · TPA → DCA
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN978 TampaTPA · 08:47 WashingtonDCA · 08:15

WN978 by Southwest Airlines flies from Tampa (TPA) to Washington (DCA).

Same number through TPA → MSY → DCA

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
07:35

scheduled from TPA

The route today

live boards
TPATampaHigh riskTPA delay board →
DCAWashingtonHigh riskDCA delay board →
TPA→DCAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
44%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.4%Chance of cancellation
+14 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by TPA (Tampa), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). These figures come from both airports' records under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

Tomorrow at Tampa

Forecast

Wed 4 Nov, local date

High29°Clikely 28°C to 30°C
Low23°Clikely 21°C to 24°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at New Orleans

Forecast

Wed 4 Nov, local date

High25°Clikely 24°C to 27°C
Low20°Clikely 17°C to 23°C
  • 73% chance of rain

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Tampa to Washington flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN3467departs 05:35
WN3752departs 06:35
WN4269departs 07:55
WN2977departs 08:05
WN697departs 10:40
WN3791departs 11:20

If WN978 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Tampa to Washington on the same day, with scheduled departure times in TPA local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How WN978 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN978 across the TPA and DCA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: landed -10 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN978 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-28TPA 08:47 (+0)DCA

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8871Q, N8923Q, N8583Z, N8914Q.

Board clocks recorded as TPA and DCA published them.

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